Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it:
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore I poured out my wrath on them for the blood which they had poured out on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols;
- BSB So I poured out My wrath upon them because of the blood they had shed on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols.
- NKJV Therefore I poured out My fury on them for the blood they had shed on the land, and for their idols with which they had defiled it.
- NASB Therefore I poured out My wrath on them for the blood which they had shed on the land, because they had defiled it with their idols.
- NLT They polluted the land with murder and the worship of idols, so I poured out my fury on them.
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Quick answer
God poured out His wrath because of Israel's bloodshed and idolatry. Their sin had genuine, just consequences.
Overview
The exile was no accident of history but the righteous response of a holy God to violence and false worship. Bloodshed and idols defiled the land and provoked judgment. This sobering verse underscores that sin must be dealt with, anticipating the cross where wrath and mercy meet.
Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Chr 34:21Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.
- Ezek 7:8Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations.
- Lam 2:4He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
- Lam 4:11The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.
- Ezek 16:36–38Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;
- Ezek 21:31And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy.
- Ezek 14:19Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:
- Ezek 23:37That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them.
- Nah 1:6Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
- Rev 14:10The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
- Jer 44:6Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.
- Rev 16:1–21And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
- Jer 7:20Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
- 2 Chr 34:26And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard;
- Isa 42:25Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
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